Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the second phases of the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and concrete Transformation on Friday, his office said.
In line with the vision of the prime minister, Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and concrete Transformation 2.0 are designed to understand the aspiration to form all cities garbage free and water secure, the Prime Minister”s Office (PMO) said in a very statement on Thursday.
PM Modi will launch the 2 initiatives at 11 am at the Dr. Ambedkar International Centre in Delhi, it said.
These flagship missions signify a success within the march towards effectively addressing the challenges of rapidly urbanising India and can also help contribute towards achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals 2030, the statement said.
Union Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State for Housing & Urban Affairs Kaushal Kishore in addition as ministers of urban development of states and union territories will be present on the occasion.
Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 envisions to create all cities ”garbage free” and ensure grey and black water management all told cities aside from those covered under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and concrete Transformation, make all urban local bodies open defecation free plus and people with a population of but one lakh as open defecation free plus, thereby achieving the vision of safe sanitation in urban areas.
The mission will concentrate on source segregation of solid waste, utilising the principles of 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle), scientific processing of every kind of municipal solid waste and remediation of legacy dumpsites for effective solid waste management, the statement said.
The outlay of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 is around ₹ 1.41 lakh crore, it said.
Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and concrete Transformation 2.0 aims at providing 100 per cent coverage of installation to any or all households in around 4,700 urban local bodies by providing about 2.68 crore tap connections and 100 per cent coverage of sewerage and septage in 500 AMRUT cities by providing around 2.64 crore sewer or septage connections, which is able to benefit quite 10.5 crore people in urban areas, the PMO said.
Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and concrete Transformation 2.0 will adopt the principles of circular economy and promote conservation and rejuvenation of surface and groundwater bodies, it said.
The mission will promote data-led governance in water management and technology sub-mission to leverage the most recent global technologies and skills, it said.
”Pey Jal Survekshan” are conducted to push progressive competition among cities. The outlay of AMRUT 2.0 is around ₹ 2.87 lakh crore, the statement said.
Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and concrete Transformation have contributed significantly to boost urban landscape during the last seven years, PMO said.
The two flagship missions have augmented the capacity to deliver basic services of water system and sanitation to the citizens, the statement said.
”Swachhta” has become a jan andolan today, all urban local bodies are declared open defecation free and 70 per cent solid waste is being scientifically processed now, the statement said.
Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and concrete Transformation has been ensuring water security by adding 1.1 crore household faucet connections and 85 lakh sewer connections, thus benefiting over 4 crore people.
